Longitudinal Assessment of High Blood Pressure in Children with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Jeffrey B. Schwimmer; Anne Zepeda; Kimberly P. Newton; Stavra A. Xanthakos; Cynthia Behling; Erin K. Hallinan; Michele Donithan; James Tonascia; for the Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis Clinical Research Network

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0112569

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Longitudinal Assessment of High Blood Pressure in Children with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Jeffrey B. Schwimmer ,

* E-mail: jschwimmer@ucsd.edu

Affiliations Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, School of Medicine, San Diego, California, United States of America, Department of Gastroenterology, Rady Children's Hospital San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America, Liver Imaging Group, Department of Radiology, University of California San Diego, School of Medicine, San Diego, California, United States of America
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Anne Zepeda,

Affiliations Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, School of Medicine, San Diego, California, United States of America, University of California San Diego, Master of Advanced Studies in Clinical Research, San Diego, California, United States of America
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Kimberly P. Newton,

Affiliations Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, School of Medicine, San Diego, California, United States of America, Department of Gastroenterology, Rady Children's Hospital San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America
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Stavra A. Xanthakos,

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
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Cynthia Behling,

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Sharp Medical Center, San Diego, California, United States of America
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Erin K. Hallinan,

Affiliation Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Michele Donithan,

Affiliation Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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James Tonascia,

Affiliation Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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for the Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis Clinical Research Network

¶The NASH CRN Roster is provided in the Acknowledgments.
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Longitudinal Assessment of High Blood Pressure in Children with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Jeffrey B. Schwimmer,
Anne Zepeda,
Kimberly P. Newton,
Stavra A. Xanthakos,
Cynthia Behling,
Erin K. Hallinan,
Michele Donithan,
James Tonascia,
for the Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis Clinical Research Network

Published: November 24, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0112569

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